A committee appointed by the National Academy of Sciences found that the U.S. healthcare system is poorly designed to meet the needs of patients near the end of life, the New York Times reported. For people at the end of their life, our healthcare system provides incentives for doctors to … Continue reading →

On a warm Florida night in February 1990, Terri Schiavo collapsed in her hallway. The 26-year-old had suffered a cardiac arrest and fallen into a permanent coma. When it became clear she would never recover, her husband sought to terminate life support, while her parents sought to keep her alive … Continue reading →

To qualify for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) from the Social Security Administration (SSA), Medicaid, and other government disability benefits, an individual’s income must be within program limits. Pensions and most other payments typically throw a disabled person’s income over SSI and Medicaid income caps. However, pensions and other payments don’t … Continue reading →

New details have emerged about New Jersey Medicaid’s shift to Miller trusts. The state has indicated the Miller trust program will begin on November 1, 2014. People who use Miller trusts will reportedly be eligible for Medicaid in the month after the trust formation. So folks who qualify for Medicaid … Continue reading →

When seniors suffer from Alzheimer’s, dementia or other mental ailments, they can become vulnerable to exploitation. We have seen folks have their accounts drained by new “friends” and lovers, become the victim of obvious scams, make terrible financial decisions on the advice of self-serving salesmen, and plow through their savings … Continue reading →

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